‘Slasher’: Eric McCormack Hunts Down Copycat Ripper in Gruesome Trailer (VIDEO)
Shudder and AMC+ have released the gruesome first trailer for Slasher Season 5. Starring Emmy-winner Eric McCormack, Slasher: Ripper premieres Thursday, April 6 with two episodes, and the new installment takes viewers back in time to the late 19th century where a bloody killer called “The Widow” is at large. The murders are gnarly like Jack the Rippers, but her victims aren’t the poor and downtrodden. Rather, she targets the wealthy in her serial killings.
Horror fans will be intrigued by the trailer above, which showcases the gore to come in nearly every frame. Slasher: Ripper follows Basil Garvey (McCormack), a charismatic tycoon whose success is only rivaled by his ruthlessness, as he oversees a city on the cusp of a new century and a social upheaval that will see its streets run red with blood.
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There’s a killer stalking the mean streets, but instead of targeting the poor and downtrodden like Jack the Ripper, The Widow is meting out justice against the rich and powerful. The only person standing in the way of this killer is the newly promoted detective, Kenneth Rijkers (Gabriel Darku), whose ironclad belief in justice may wind up being yet another victim of The Widow.
Slasher franchise alumni Darku, Paula Brancati, Salvatore Antonio, Lisa Berry, and Sabrina Grdevich join McCormack for the new installment, with Clare McConnell, Thom Allison, Daniel Kash, Sadie Laflamme-Snow, Rob Stewart, Darren Stewart, Jefferson Brown, and Nataliya Rodina rounding out the cast.
Slasher: Ripper is an eight-episode season developed and produced by Shaftesbury and created by Aaron Martin. It’s executive produced by Martin, showrunner Ian Carpenter, Christina Jennings, Scott Garvie, Thomas P. Vitale, and director Adam MacDonald, with producers Paige Haight and Erin Berry. Slasher is produced in association with Shudder and Hollywood Suite. The series previously was on Netflix and was acquired by Shudder. It gets a dual release with AMC+.
Check out McCormack, Berry, Darku, and more in the new photos from Slasher: Ripper below.
Slasher: Ripper, Season 5 Premiere, Thursday, April 6, Shudder and AMC+
Eric McCormack as Basil Garvey
Lisa Berry as Dr. Melanda Israel
The Widow killer
Gabriel Darku as Detective Kenneth Rijkers and Lisa Berry as Dr. Melanda Israel
Eric McCormack as Basil Garvey
Jefferson Brown as Gene and Nataliya Rodina as Daisy
Rob Stewart as Andrew May Sr. and Darren Stewart as the Hanging Official
